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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Change

By
K.M. Humphreys

Change, as defined in
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition, is to make
different in some particular (among many others). We change ourselves a lot. We change the style or color of our hair for
a lot of reasons. We don’t want any gray
hairs showing, we want a change of pace, or we want to change our
identity. No matter what the reason, we
change our hair all the time.

We change the clothes
we wear. Styles come and go, such as
tie-dyes, bell bottoms, leggings, leg warmers – styles change. What’s 'in' today won’t be 'in' tomorrow. We change what we wear to keep up with the
latest in fashion.

As we get older,
everything about us changes. Our
priorities, our weight, where we live, and our jobs are just some of the things
that change as we move into each part of our lives.

Change is
inevitable. Sometimes we like change and
embrace it. Sometimes we accept it
kicking and screaming. We can complain
all we want, but some changes we can’t keep from happening.

Some change is positive
and some change is negative. There are
times we are going through a positive change in our lives, but we only see the
negative aspects of it.

Change inspires us to
produce more change. If major changes
happen where you work that you don’t like, it may inspire you to look elsewhere
or encourage you to work harder so you can move up in your job into a position
of management so you can have more of a voice in future changes.

This blog post was
inspired by recent change in my company.
We recently moved our offices from a suburb to the city. Everybody’s complaining about having to deal
with traffic in the mornings and evenings, having to pay for parking, etc. At first I was griping with the rest of
them. However, I have recently really
stopped to think about it and for me, I think it’s a positive move. I believe this move could lead to more
opportunities for me down the road.

I know our company has
their reasons for the move. I am now
generating my own positive ways to look at this move. The rest of the group can complain all they
want, but I’m going to embrace this move and look for the positives.

There is change in
every aspect of our lives. Take the
positive route and look at change as an inspiration.

Good for you! Attitude is everything, and a positive attitude can overcome a whole bunch of negatives. As for change, I do my best to subscribe to the old adage, "When God closes a door, he opens a window." There's usually some aspect of every situation that offers some form of opportunity. :-)

Jenna is right, attitude is everything in determining your future. Of course, movement for me would me hundreds of miles, so for me, the positive here is that you only have to contend with a change of scenery, not a lay-off in this difficult economy.Patg